The American media outlet Politico has reported that Trump's Secretary of War, Pete Hexath, is responsible for the attack on Minabe students at the Shajara Tayyiba school.

As international and domestic pressure mounts in the United States over the attack on the elementary school in Minabe, Pete Hexath's decision to reduce the number of offices at the Pentagon that review civilian casualties has drawn attention.

Some senior US military officials warned the Pentagon last year not to eliminate the oversight offices responsible for reviewing and mitigating the risk of civilian casualties and investigating responsibility for their deaths.